intendente

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.tenˈdɛn.te/ Rhymes: -ɛnte Hyphenation: in‧ten‧dèn‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French intendant. ==== Noun ==== intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti) a financial administrator a colonel in certain military forces ===== Derived terms ===== intendente di finanza intendente generale ===== Related terms ===== intendenza === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti) present participle of intendere === Further reading === intendente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French intendant, introduced by the Bourbon dynasty for various functions. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: in‧ten‧den‧te === Noun === intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes) (historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator) superintendent, administrator (military) quartermaster a rank in the Portuguese Public Security Police (Brazil, obsolete) mayor Synonym: prefeito ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “intendente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French intendant, introduced by the common Bourbon dynasty for various functions. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /intenˈdente/ [ĩn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: in‧ten‧den‧te === Noun === intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes, feminine intendente or intendenta, feminine plural intendentes or intendentas) manager, supervisor (a person whose job is to manage a business) Synonyms: gerente, director (historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator in the Spanish Empire) (military) quartermaster general (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) ellipsis of intendente municipal (“mayor or county administrator”) Synonyms: intendente municipal, alcalde (Chile) governor, intendant (the leader of a region) (Colombia) a rank in the National Police (Costa Rica) intendant (the leader of a special semi-autonomous district) (Cuba) intendant (a local government administrator) (Ecuador, Mexico, law enforcement) inspector (Paraguay) intendant (the leader of a district) (Uruguay) intendant (the leader of a department) Synonym: intendente departamental ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “intendente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 intendente on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es